7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.936 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.1%
The remote BIND 4.x server, according to its version number, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the DNS stub resolver library.
An attacker might use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(11857);
script_version("1.24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/09/21");
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0029");
script_bugtraq_id(6186);
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0320-S");
script_name(english:"ISC BIND < 4.9.11 stub resolver (libresolv.a) DNS Response Overflow");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"It is possible to use the remote name server to execute arbitrary code on
the remote host.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote BIND 4.x server, according to its version number, is vulnerable
to a buffer overflow in the DNS stub resolver library.
An attacker might use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to 4.9.11 or later in the 4.x branch, or consider upgrading
to a more recent release.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2002/11/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2003/09/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:isc:bind");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"DNS");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2023 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("bind_version.nasl");
script_require_keys("bind/version");
exit(0);
}
vers = get_kb_item("bind/version");
if(!vers)exit(0);
if (vers =~ "^4\.9\.[2-9]") security_hole(53);
if (vers =~ "^4\.9\.10") security_hole(53);